Money Saving Eco Tips Competition


The Ooffoo community has spoken: the winners of the Money Saving Eco-Tips competition




We are confident that saving the planet can also mean saving money so we set out to discover your tips on how to be eco and wallet friendly. And with £500 worth of prizes from NaturalCollection.com to be won the competition was bound to be interesting. (If you missed out on this one why not enter our latest competition).

We were so impressed with the wide variety of entries and it is obvious to us that there are indeed loads of inventive ways to save money and go green at the same time. Some old tried and tested and some new. Well done to all who shared their tips and entered. The winners were as follows:

The Winners

1st prize - winner of a £250 spending spree on NaturalCollection.com:

Use modern washable nappies
by Slayerkat

Slayerkat's reaction: 'Thank you so much! That’s fantastic. For once, I am lost for words. The prize is of course wonderful but I am also delighted to be able to get the message out about modern washable nappies.'



2nd place - winner of a £100 spending spree on NaturalCollection.com:

TV-Free Kids - over 100 fun things to do that don't involve a television
by Gem

Gem's reaction: 'That's brilliant, thank you! It feels so good to know that my ideas are appreciated by, and may even inspire, other families. Small thoughts that may seem obvious to the individual can make a difference to the way others live - I know I feel inspired by the Ooffoo community! Thank you!'


Our 3 runners-up - each wins a £50 spending spree on NaturalCollection.com

Saving electricity when cooking by Emily

Eco Consumers by Gem

STOP! by Andi Little


Well done to the rest of the shortlist:

Lentils make your dishes go further

Save Ironing and Dryer Time and Electricy for Both

Natural Pest Control

Food Economy

A realistic christmas tree out of recycled bits

Its all about having the bottle!



 

The Judges

We love finding judges for our competitions and we can truly say that this time we surprised even ourselves by recruiting someone 'really rubbish' and someone famous for having a Hippo in his Cistern. They are definite experts on how to go greener so please do put your virtual hands together and welcome them to the judging panel:
Tracey Smith Tracey Smith - Writer, Broadcaster & Author of The Book of Rubbish Ideas
Tracey is also a work at home mum of three and a teacher of bread and sausage making, She finds pockets of peace and solace on the beach at Lyme Regis, or by wafting through charity shops. You can find out more about Tracey at www.BookOfRubbishIdeas.co.uk

Pete May - Journalist & author of There’s A Hippo In My Cistern: One Man’s Misadventures on the Eco-Frontline.
Pete's other books include, Rent Boy: How One Man Spent 20 Years Falling off the Property Ladder, Ageing Body Confused Mind, Hammers in the Heart, West Ham: Irons in the Soul, Sunday Muddy Sunday and The Lad Done Bad. As a journalist he has written for the Guardian, the Observer, the Independent, New Statesman and Time Out. He is visiting lecturer in Sports Journalism at the London College of Communication. Pete lives with his wife Nicola, two children, two chickens, three mice and one borrowed dog, in north London. You can find out more about Pete at http://petemay.org.uk/ - Read our interview with Pete May here
  Plus our very own, Julian & Joanne Spector, Founders of Naturalcollection.com
Joanne & Julian are the joint founders of Natural Collection. They also love walking in the woods and discussing philosophy. They are passionate and optimistic about creating a better world.


The judges were...

“very impressed by the sheer inventiveness of all the entries and will be using quite a few of the ideas themselves. In particular they were heartened to find so many other like minded people out there going green in a variety of innovative ways whilst saving cash at the same time. A real crop of eco money saving experts!"

Tracey added that "I loved the more quirky ideas as they are the ones people who 'are already' a bit green will be likely to latch onto..."

You can read the original call for entries along with the full terms and conditions here
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